Iowa State at Minnesota
Saturday, October 5, 1912 Share
Minnesota beat Iowa State 5–0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 15–2.
FinalHigh 86°F, low 58°FAttendance 4,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1912, page 60
Read the text
CLOSE GRIDIRON BATTLE. Minnesota Had to Hustle to Beat Iowa Aggies, 5 to 0. MINNEAPOLIS. October 5.-The Mime sofa eleven today defeated Iowa State Agricultural College to 0. a 47-yard run off tackle in the third quarter by Hay ward, Minnesota’s right half, followed by two downs and later by Il field goal kicked ,hy Quarterback Tollefson, made three of Minnesota’s points. The two other points came when Capt. Hurst of the Ames team caught Tollefsons kick in the fourth down Of the fourth quarter OH Ames’ goal line and stepped back of the line. The officials credited Minnesota with a safety.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Minnesota 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa State–Minnesota gameMinnesota leads 22–3–1 in 26 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 2009 | Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13 | Insight Bowl |
| 1997 | Minnesota 53, Iowa State 29 | |
| 1990 | Minnesota 20, Iowa State 16 | |
| 1989 | Minnesota 30, Iowa State 20 | |
| 1924 | Iowa State 7, Minnesota 7 | |
| 1923 | Minnesota 20, Iowa State 17 |
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. Simpson (IA)Oct. 12, 1912
- SeasonIowa State in 1912
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 19, 1912
- SeasonMinnesota in 1912
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

